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Re: meaning and origin os name shay
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From Webster's New World Dictionary:

shay n. [chaise, assumed as plural] [colloquial]
A light carriage, chaise.

chaise (shayz) n. [French]
A lightweight carriage, having two or four wheels.
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That may also be true, but the actual ancient original Irish meaning of the name: Shea, Shae, Shay means, "courteous,hawklike and stately". Thanks, it takes a Shay to know one!
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